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reportAug 10, 2017

The Fate of Online Trust in the Next Decade

Many experts say lack of trust won’t hinder increased public reliance on the internet. Some expect trust to grow as tech and regulatory changes arise; others think it will worsen or maybe change entirely.
reportOct 19, 2017

Theme 1: The information environment will not improve. The problem is human nature

Misinformation and “fake news” have been around for as long as people have communicated. But today’s instant, low-budget, far-reaching communications capabilities have the potential to make the problem orders of magnitude more dangerous than in the past. Mankind has always lied, and always will; which is why the winners of wars get to write the […]
short readsJul 31, 2017

Gen Zers, Millennials and Gen Xers outvoted Boomers and older generations in 2016 election

Generation Zers, Millennials and Generation Xers cast 69.6 million votes in 2016, a slight majority of the 137.5 million total votes cast.
reportOct 19, 2017

Theme 2: The information environment will not improve because technology will create new challenges that can’t or won’t be countered effectively and at scale

Many respondents who expect no improvement in the information environment argue that certain actors in government,business and other individuals with propaganda agendas and special interests are turning technology to their favor in the spread of misinformation. There are too many of them and they are clever enough that they will continue to infect the online […]
reportJul 20, 2017

Methodology

The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted June 27 – July 9, 2017 among a national sample of 2,505 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (627 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 1,878 were interviewed on a […]
short readsJul 6, 2017

More than half of new green cards in 2015 went to people already living in the U.S.

About a million immigrants receive U.S. green cards each year, but fewer than half are new arrivals from other countries. The majority already live in the United States on temporary visas.
short readsJul 25, 2017

Most Americans unaware that as U.S. manufacturing jobs have disappeared, output has grown

Although manufacturing jobs have fallen over the past three decades, improved productivity has kept manufacturing output rising – contrary to what many Americans believe. But over the past few years, productivity growth has been sluggish at best.
reportJul 26, 2017

3. The Muslim American experience in the Trump era

U.S. Muslims clearly express concerns and worries about the future of the country and their place in American society in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as president. Most Muslims are dissatisfied with the direction the country is going, which is a reversal of opinion from 2011. Majorities of U.S. Muslims view the Republican Party […]
reportAug 10, 2017

Theme 3: Trust will not grow, but technology usage will continue to rise as a ‘new normal’ sets in

Many participants pointed out that a person’s use of a technology does not necessarily equate to any level of trust in that technology. They said while some users may gain some level of trust in online interaction for various reasons in the next decade, many will be interacting in online spaces because it is convenient, […]
short readsJun 28, 2017

10 facts about smartphones as the iPhone turns 10

As the iPhone turns 10 years old this week, take a look back at the broader story about the ways mobile devices have changed how people interact.

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The Fate of Online Trust in the Next Decade

Methodology

More than half of new green cards in 2015 went to people already living in the U.S.

Theme 3: Trust will not grow, but technology usage will continue to rise as a ‘new normal’ sets in

10 facts about smartphones as the iPhone turns 10